Japan ruling bloc assured of victory in lower house election

Japan ruling bloc assured of victory in lower house election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is interviewed for TV broadcasts on the results of the lower house election at his Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on the night of Dec. 14, 2014. Japan's ruling coalition of the LDP and the Komeito party is on course to exceed a simple majority in the election, with more than 300 of the 475 lower house seats secured, Kyodo News exit polls and projections showed.

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